On Tuesday evening, Jim Justice, the Republican governor of West Virginia, offered striking teachers in his state a 5% salary increase so that teachers across the state will stop their four-day-long strike, WHSV reported Tuesday evening.

Other West Virginia state employees will receive a 3% wage increase over the next year, he said. Justice’s proposal has reportedly mollified the teachers, who have agreed to return to work on Thursday.

From WHSV:

Wednesday will serve as what he called a “cooling off period,” since some school districts already announced closures for the day.

While 5% is a mere hair’s width higher than a standard, annual cost of living wage adjustment, it’s actually a huge victory for the teachers. Justice initially offered them a pitiful 1% salary increase, which would amount to about $400 annually. And just three weeks ago, the West Virginia State Senate rejected a measure to increase teachers’ wages by 3% annually. So it’s clear that union power and strike power did what it’s supposed to do. When you see that, you understand why conservatives are pushing so hard to destroy unions.